Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 28 The Old Room

Hearing the voice from downstairs, Hai Xing was taken aback for a moment, then pricked up his ears and listened carefully for a while before confirming who was talking to his father.

She went downstairs to look, and the person standing in front of Seiichiro Maki was indeed Naoko.

"Shangzi."

Seeing Starfish wearing black-rimmed glasses and dressed at home, Shangzi smiled slightly, "Starfish."

She smiled back, and quickly glanced at her hotel again, to confirm that Naruse hadn't come with her, and then asked, "Is Shangzi here?"

Seeing the two chatting, Seiichiro Maki turned and went back to the shop.

"I'll get the umbrella," Shangzi said.

"umbrella?"

Hai Xing was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered what happened the night before: Although she was drenched through, she finally returned home with Shang Zi's umbrella.

"I almost forgot."

She turned and went upstairs, "I put away that umbrella, it's upstairs. Shangzi also come up and sit for a while."

"excuse me."

After walking a few steps, Hai Xing came to his senses again, turned around and went downstairs.

"I'm going to get a drink."

Shangzi brushed past her, and asked casually, "Has Yiye not come yet?"

"No. But it's almost time, she should be here soon."

Before entering Haixing's room, Shangzi stopped at the door of another room on the second floor.

There was no one around, and after a few seconds of hesitation, she still did not open the sliding door.

This was Naruse's room when he lived here before, and it was about the same size as Haixing's room, the main difference being that the windows faced the side facing the back street.

It was already five years ago...

Shang Zi sat in a daze for a while, and Hai Xing came up with a large bottle of barley tea and three cups.

"Please use."

"Thank you." Shangzi sat on the floor mat with books and notes on the low table beside her. It seemed that Haixing was studying before she came over.

Those failed make-up exam papers were also on the table, Hai Xing put them under the notebook and pressed them, a little embarrassed, "Dad said that I saw Yi Ye go to the bookstore just now, and she will come over later."

"Will I bother you?"

"Ah, it's okay."

"That's good." Shangzi picked up the cup and took a sip.

Hai Xing suddenly thought of some possibility, "Did Shang Zi come here alone?"

"Yeah." Shangzi smiled and understood what she really wanted to ask, "Chunhai is out."

"Oh." Hai Xing didn't ask any further questions, with a deliberate indifference on his face.

Shangzi looked at her and realized that it would be much more natural to talk about this topic than to speak up on his own initiative.

"Harukai went to get a new uniform. He will be wearing the same uniform as us when he goes to school tomorrow."

Hai Xing subconsciously turned her head, looked at the Jin Gao uniform hanging on the wall, and said casually, "Really, it's really fast."

"Because it's the off-season for factories."

Shangzi looked at her, "Chunhai received a call from the uniform store on Friday, but because of the typhoon, he couldn't go to the store to pick it up—by the way, Chunhai said that when he was doing those things in the coffee shop that day, he met a starfish. "

Hai Xing was just listening at first, but suddenly there was obvious surprise on his face, and he glanced at her again.

"Did he tell Shangzi?"

"Chunhai told me." Shangzi nodded, because he didn't know what expression to show, so he didn't show any expression at all, just looked at her calmly.

From Hai Xing's point of view, it has a completely different meaning: that Shang Zi who always smiles can no longer smile.

"What is Shangzi going to do?"

"..."

What Chunhai did in private has something to do with her?
Shangzi was pleasantly surprised and surprised, and puzzled also followed.

"I...don't know." She said truthfully.

"He said the same thing."

Although the relationship with his former stepbrother is not very good, Hai Xing has no prejudice against the gentle and amiable Shang Zi.

She wanted to comfort her, but for a while, she didn't know what to say.

"However, there will always be a solution...probably."

Method?solve?
The more confused Shangzi felt in his heart, the calmer his face became.

"What did Chun Hai say at the time?"

"He says……"

Hai Xing recalled it for a while, and then remembered that Naruse did not answer his question at that time, because he interpreted his silence as powerless.

Shang Zi was still looking at her, waiting for an answer, Hai Xing simply said what he had said before to support his deduction.

"He said that Shangzi still feels that the atmosphere of the handicraft club is very good, and he will not quit...um...even if he is targeted, he will not tell him anything."

"..."

Hearing "handicraft club", Shangzi was taken aback for a moment, and then his heart tightened.

So it was because of this...

Thinking of Naruse's actions in the handicraft club these days, she almost understood everything.

Sure enough, it still troubled him.

but……

"There will always be a solution." Shangzi smiled.

"Ah... um." Seeing her smile reappear, Hai Xing also nodded vaguely.

She just didn't quite understand that Shangzi seemed to be in a much better mood all of a sudden.

"I am willing to stay in the handicraft club because I care about those like-minded friends, not those who target me." Shangzi smiled at her again, "Don't worry."

Hearing what she said, Hai Xing also felt relieved.

Afterwards, Shangzi took a glass of water to drink before drinking, and remained silent for a long time.

When she came back to her senses, seeing Hai Xing looking at her, she smiled and said, "Speaking of which, the relationship between Hai Xing and Chun Hai seems to have improved."

Hai Xing's face sank immediately, and she glanced to the side, not angry at her, "How is that possible."

"Harukai said that at the coffee shop the day before yesterday, he also taught Haixing about Japanese history."

"That is……"

She opened her mouth, wanting to tell the truth that in fact, she accidentally eavesdropped and was discovered by him, and she was at a loss for what to do, so she accepted it in a daze.

"It's not tutoring at all." Hai Xing decided to deny it from another angle.

"—Really, I think that kind of method is quite suitable for Haixing." A third person's voice came from the door.

The two looked over, "Yiye."

Mori sees a leaf.

"Shangzi, starfish."

She came and sat down and greeted the two of them.

"Are you going to start?" Shangzi stood up, "Then I should go back."

"Would you like to sit down for a while?" Sen saw her.

Shangzi shook his head and smiled, "Haixing's make-up exam is more important, so I don't bother."

"By the way, umbrella." Starfish also stood up.

She opened the door of Naruse's room and went in to look for it.

Shangzi glanced at the door, "Has this become a utility room?"

Starfish came out with an umbrella and closed the door behind him.

"There are only two people in my family, and the room is empty and empty, so I use it to put things."

After going downstairs to send Shangzi away, she went back upstairs and stood at the door of the utility room for a while.

Morimi in the room held his chin, without urging, and looked out the window again.

In the second-hand shop near the station, Naruse sat at the front desk and had been waiting for nearly an hour.

Perhaps because of the bad weather, no one came to the door during the period. He didn't feel bored, but enjoyed it.

If I really own a second-hand shop, this is probably how it feels?

Sitting at the front desk and looking around the store, Naruse thought so.

After scanning for a moment, he looked down at the dismantled radio in front of him again.

Although he had little contact with electrical repairs, after studying for a while, he also saw what needed to be repaired.

The electric soldering iron was at hand, and he was confident in reconnecting the wiring, but it was someone else's property, so he didn't do it in the end.

Just when Naruse was about to turn around the store for the fifth time, the real store owner Chao Yueming finally came back.

The small truck stopped at the entrance of the second-hand shop, he jumped out of the car, and then lifted a wooden box that was one meter high from the car bed.

"you……"

Carrying the wooden box into the store, Chao Yueming looked at Naruse, and finally remembered that he was the person he asked to look after the store.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will pay for the shop visit."

Naruse was a little curious about how much he would pay him, and when he really handed over a thousand-yen bill, he shook his head again, expressing that he didn't need it.

"Really." Chao Yueming didn't show any politeness to him, and put it away directly.

Naruse looked at the wooden box, "Is this the record player?"

"That's right." Chao Yueming opened the wooden box, revealing the record player inside, "The hand-cranked one has a history of more than 100 years."

Naruse raised an eyebrow.

"What about the price?"

Chao Yueming, who had always been expressionless, also showed a bit of heartache at this time, "11 yen."

"It's not cheap..."

He took out another vinyl record from the bottom of the wooden box, then cranked his hand a few times, and the old record player babbled, it was the kind of dance music that Naruse had only heard in movies.

After playing, Chao Yueming asked Naruse to help him carry the record player into the store's warehouse.

There are more old antiques inside, Naruse is looking around, Chao Yueming suddenly said: "I remember who you look like."

He patted the old drawer-style wardrobe next to it, and there was a star poster on the side. It was a very popular actress more than ten years ago and even now.

Looking at the pretty girl on the faded poster, Naruse smiled.

"She's my mother."

(End of this chapter)